Display-frame.



P. RAPPAPORT.

DISPLAY FRAME.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 1a, 191s.

Patented J an. 27', 1914.

WN WMM 351?, ell/litoz'mu M IAUL RAPPAPORT, NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 18, 1913.

Patented Jan. 27, 1914. Serial No. 779,720.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be itknown that I, PAUL RArrAPoRT, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, borough of Manhattan, in

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-F rames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the class of display devices having rotative shelves or supports for the goods to be displayed, and the objects of my invention are to provide a display frame or device having` a display shelf and amotor at the upper part of the frame above such shelf for rotating the latter, the frame being suspended from the motor casing and supporting the shaft for the rotative shelf to the lower part of the frame, means being provided for detachably connecting the motor driving shaft with the shaft for said shelf, said frame and shaft also being extensible or telescopic, whereby the depth of the frame below the motor can be adjusted and regulated at will.

By preference, the display shelf is adjustably mounted upon its supporting and driving shaft so that said shelf may be raised and lowered to accommodate articles of dierent heights. l 1

My invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, where- 1n- Figure 1 is a partly broken side view of a display frame embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view hereinafter explained.

rlhe numeral 1 indicates, generally, anysuitable driving mot-or, shown contained within a suitable casing 2, and having its power transmitting shaft 3 projecting through the lower portion of said casing. The casing is shown provided with a suspension device such as an eye 4, for hanging or supporting the device, as in a show window, from any suitable support. From casing 2 is suspended a frame shown of telescopic form, and comprising rods or the like 5 secured to and depending from casing 2 and entering tubes 6, fastening means, such as screws or the like 7 on said tubes being provided to retain parts 5 and 6 in set relation. Upon the cross member 6a of the tubes 6 is carried a seat or step 8, preferably of hardened steel, and having a downwardly taperlng recess 3a receiving the downwardly tapering end 10a of a hollow shaft 10. Upon shaft 10 is a shelf or platform 11, adapted to support articles to be displayed, such as bottles, boxes and the like. By preference, shelf 11 is adjustably secured upon shaft 10, so that said shelf may be raised and lowered upon said shaft. For this purpose I have shown shelf 11 provided with a sleeve 1la and a screw 12 adapted to bearagainst shaft 10. The shaft 10 at its upper portion is hollow and adapted to telescopically receive a shaft 13 to be connected with the motor, and shaft 10 is shown provided with a screw 14 adapted to secure shafts 10 and 13 together in set positions. At its upper end shaft 13 is adapted for connection with motor shaft- 3, and for this purpose the upper end of shaft 13 is shown provided with a tube 15 receiving the lower end of shaft 3, a screw 16 carried by tube 15 being shown adapted to bear against shaft 3 to secure said shafts together. To further connect shafts 3 and 13 together for positive rotation have shown shaft 3 provided with a depending finger 3a adapted to enter an eye or loop 17 shown at the end of an arm 13 secured upon tube 15. It will thus be seen that shafts 10, 13 and 3 are telescopically united together and as shaft 3 rotates the shafts 13 and 10 will be correspondingly rotated, to rot-ate shelf 11 and the articles carried upon the same.

When my improved display frame is to be assembled the arms 5 are inserted inthe tubes 6, and shaft 13 is inserted in shaft 10, adjustment for the vertical length of the frame being made and set by the screws 7. Shaft 13 is then adjusted to shaft 3, as shown in Fig. 2, with the finger 3a in the eye 17, and shaft 13 is secured to shaft 10 by a screw 14. The display frame then being suspended from any suitable support and the motor spring wound, t-he rotation of the motor driving shaft 3 will cause shaft 10 to rotate, thereby in turn rotating the shelf 11 andthe articles thereon, by reason of the seat or step 8 receiving shaft 10. The arrangements are such that the frame parts 5, 6, may be lengthened and shortened as desired according to thearticles to be displayed, and the corresponding adjustments between shafts 13 and 14 may be made in a simple and expeditious manner.

My improvements enable the placing of the motor above and out of the way of the frame, leaving the lower part of the frame free for display, and the frame need not rotate, but only the shaft carrying the shelf ll, whereby the frame may be so hung that its parts will not interfere with clear observation of the articles upon the shelf.

Having now described my invention what I claim is 2 l. In a display frame the cmbination of a motor having a casing, means to suspend the easing, a frame suspended frm the motor casing and having adjustable members, means for connect-mg said members firmly together, said frame having a transverse lower member, a bearing on said transverse member below the motor, a shaft. beneath the motor rotative upon 'said bearing, a shelf upon 'said shaft, a second shaft above the first named shaft, means to adjustably connect said shafts, and means for 'connecting said second named shaft with the motor driving shaft.

2. In a display frame the combination of a motor, a frame suspended from the motor and having telescopic members, means for securing said members together, a transverse member between and connect-ing the lower parts of said telescopic members, a bearing upon the transverse member, a shaft rotative upon said bearing beneath the motor, a shelf up'on said shaft, and means for connecting said shaft with the driving shaft of the motor.

3. In a display frame the combination of a motor, telescopic frame members suspended from the motor, means to secure said members inset positions, a transversevmember connecting the lower parts of said telescopicmembers, a bearing having a recess carried by said transverse member, a shaft having a tapering lower end supported in said recess, a shelf upon said shaft, and means for connecting said shaft with the motor shaft. Y

4. In a display frame the combination of a motor, a frame suspended from the motor, a shaft journaled at its lower end upon said frame, a shelf upon said shaft, a second shaft telescoping with said first named shaft, means to secure said shafts together, the second named shaft having an eye, the motor shaft having a finger entering said eye.

5. In a display franie the combination of a motor, a frame suspended from the motor,

a bearing upon said frame beneath the motor a shaft journaled at its lower end upon said bearing, a shelf upon said shaft, a second shaft telescoping with said first named shaft, means to secure said shafts together, the second named shaft having a tubular portion at its upper end receiving the motor driving-shaft, and means for connecting said shafts for rotation.

Signed at New Yor-k city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 17th day of July, A. D. 1913. t

PAUL RAPPAPORT.

Witnesses:

T. F. Bouman, MARIE F. WAINwmGi-IT.

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